What is the significance of christs burial




















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He really died. Many people witnessed that he was buried in the cave in the garden. They saw it. And these witnesses are not followers of Jesus but people from the public. They could testify that he was buried in a cave and these persons were Roman soldiers. For that reason, a soldier pierced him, John Finally, the burial of Jesus Christ is significant. It validates his death. Some nations would bury a person alive but not the Jews.

And not the Romans! But they have trouble with the burial. How can we be said to be buried with Christ? What does this add that is not already covered by our death to sin? I suggest that the reason burial is an important step even beyond death is that burial puts the deceased person out of this world permanently. A corpse is dead to life. But there is a sense in which it can still be said to be in life, as long as it is around. When it is placed in the ground and covered with earth, it is removed from the sphere of this life permanently.

It is gone. That is why Paul, who wanted to emphasize the finality of our being removed from the rule of sin and death to the rule of Christ, emphasizes it. He is intensifying what he said about our death to sin earlier.

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